Having problems uninstalling Windows 98 from the CD-Rom Disk I installed it with. A message comes up "This CD-Rom is from an older version of Windows than the one you are presently using. Setup functionality from this disk will be disabled." So I am unable to uninstall. Anyone have any idea what...

Whenever any of the users on this PC want to dial in, the dial-in settings have been changed and need to be manually reset to the original values; the last three characters of the original username are misteriously replaced by: 7.165.58039 and the telephone number to 002463615082. The password...

Hi, I want to archive my old software floppies to CD. There is one type of file from one set of disks that results in the following error message: Cannot copy filename: The system cannot read from the specified device Other files from the same disks copy correctly, and similar files...

How do i create a backup disk of my files when the backup option does'nt seem to work or respond?It tells me this option is not installed and wont let me activate it.I am running windows 98 and i dont have a disk for windows 98 either........help.....please......

HELP... Everytime I log in I get a window which says that I'm missing a file : fntldr.exe When I close the window, another pops up which says the file fntdr.exe should be in win.ini When I close this sencond window, the system finishes loading the desk top icons and seems to work normally.

Same as above, What is the max hard drive size Windows 98SE supports, based solely on the operating system. Ryan

I lost my Windows 98(se) CD, but I do have the CD Key, and I am the one that the disc is registered to.

I've been using an old desktop with 98SE on it to store all the mp3's I've been ripping from all my music cd's and I'm running out of space. I'm wondering if there's a size limit to an external HD (connected either through USB or Firewire). I'm hoping to get a 160gig HD. FYI: I have access to...

I am reformatting hard drive for a friend on an HP system running Windows 98. When I put in the system recovery disk I get an error: "Can't ready read drive M." M being the CD-ROM drive. The drive appears to be functioning ok. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks. Ryan

We have a client that has a computer showing the HD twice in My Computer as C: and D: In device manager there is only one drive listed. If you go to a command prompt it is also showing C: and D:. (with the same directory structure). Safe mode, however, only shows C:. and FDISK shows only...

Hi, I formatted a floppy disc. It was already empty. Is there a way to unformat, return factory settings, make completely empty? Thanks

Hi everyone, I'd like to find out from those win98se users who are using HDDs of over 120gb capacity. I have a Seagate Barracuda 160gb HDD which I've been using fairly happily until the last few weeks when FAT corruption occurs a bit too frequently for my liking. Firstly I've tried the following...

I can't access CD-Rom. Missing MSVBVM.DLL. HELP.

Hi, I was helping a friend (or so they thought) and formatted the hard drive on an old laptop of theirs before they were sending it to Sierra Leone. I managed to format the drive, and created a boot disk and have got it to the final stage of re-installing Windows98, however I need the product key...

Hi all. My C: drive seems to be renamed. It looks like this. C4fnoptp2c (C:) Is there something on there that is doing that? Virus? Spyware? Any help Thanks Sandy

I really hope someone can help me. My OS is Win98. It freezes continually causing me to shut down manually. When I reboot it give the message...Windows was not shut down properly...etc. must run Scan Disk. The Scan Disk takes aprox. 3hrs to run then stops and says "Cannot write to Disk C", that...

I have an S-1675CDS laptop that's fairly old. I can read any cd that is created by a professional company but cannot read a cd that is created by me or anyone that sends a cd to me. I get the error: "D: is not accessable. The device is not ready" what is happening? Any help is appreciated.

I have an S-1675CDS laptop that's fairly old. I can read any cd that is created by a professional company but cannot read a cd that is created by me or anyone that sends a cd to me. I get the error: "D: is not accessable. The device is not ready" what is happening? Any help is appreciated.

When installing Windows 98 SE using the original CD ROM, I get his message: Not enough space on D To install Win 98 on drive C, you need 21 mb of space on D. D has only 1.4 mb To take care of this problem, please remove some files from hard drive. Hard drive is drive C. How would that free...

I am having problems starting up. After the dialog box for Network Password, I get an error message "the program performed an illegal operation and will shut down." When I click on the "details" button, I get this information. "Explorer Caused an invalid page fault in module Explorer.Exec...